Read Online Be Mine by Sabrina James - Free Book Online

he gave her a quick wink and headed into school.
    Mindy Yee was waiting to pounce when Eden walked into the school library.
    â€œEden!” Mindy exclaimed, abandoning her notebook and rushing to Eden’s side, steering her to the empty chair next to hers at the table where she was studying. “I heard all about your breakup with Keith! How are you doing?”
    Mindy Yee was the last person Eden wanted to talk to. Mindy was the biggest gossip at North Ridge High. Eden knew that if she told Mindy anything, the entire school would know it all by the end of the day. Not that she would. She didn’t consider Mindy a friend. The person she really wanted to talk to was Natalie, but she wouldn’t be able to do that until lunch.
    â€œWho told you that Keith and I broke up?” The question slipped out before she could stop herself. Other than Claudia, she hadn’t discussed it with anyone.
    â€œDeena told me.”
    â€œDeena?”
    Mindy’s almond-shaped eyes glittered with excitement as she dropped her bombshell, waiting to see Eden’s reaction. “Keith’s new girlfriend.”
    Miss Braids, Eden thought. Obviously she knew who to talk to. No one spread the dirt faster than Mindy.
    â€œIs it true that he didn’t break up with you in person?” Mindy asked, trying to look sympathetic. “That he sent you a text message?”
    Eden wanted to ask Mindy why she was asking the question since it was obvious Deena had told her everything. Instead, she got out of her seat. “Mindy, I’m sure you know how painful breakups can be.” She was sure Mindy didn’t . She couldn’t remember the last time a guy had gone out with this blabbermouth. “It’s too personal to discuss.”
    Then Eden left the table before Mindy could say anything else, searching for her tutor. As she did, she ran into Lily Norris, who worked part-time at the library.
    â€œI couldn’t help but overhear Mindy,” Lily said. “I’d love to strangle her! Why can’t she mind her own business? If it’s any consolation, I know exactly what you’re going through.”
    Eden remembered that Lily used to date Jason Fitzpatrick. Their first date had been last year at the Valentine’s Day dance. They had dated for most of the spring, but when Jason had gone away for the summer to work at a sleepaway camp, he had met another girl and broken up with Lily via e-mail.
    â€œI guess getting dumped by e-mail is just as bad as getting dumped with a text message,” Eden said.
    â€œBreakups suck, no matter how they happen,” Lily said. “It hurts at first, but then the hurt goes away. Just give yourself some time. Don’t give up. The right guy is waiting. No one knows that better than me.”
    Eden knew Lily had met her boyfriend Simon in December during the Secret Santa exchange. There had been a lot of misunderstandings between the two of them, because of the Secret Santa game, but eventually they’d wound up together.
    Eden gave Lily a smile. “Thanks.”
    After Lily returned to the front desk, Eden sat herself down at a table in the back and pulled out her SAT study guide. She was familiarizing herself with a bunch of different vocabulary words when her tutor, Dexter King, arrived.
    When Eden’s parents decided she needed a tutor, Eden had gone to the school guidance office. In addition to the private tutor she met with at home every Saturday morning, the school had assigned Dexter, one of the smartest guys in her junior class, to work with her. They met three times a week during her free period. While Claudia and Natalie were hanging out in the cafeteria doing homework or just gossiping during their free period, she was stuck with Dexter. It wasn’t that she didn’t like Dexter. She just couldn’t wait until the SATs were over and she could get her free time back.
    If Eden had to use one word to describe Dexter, it would